the proliferating acquisition of farmland in developing countries by other countries" attempting to boost the security of their food supply, argue 

Secretary General Ban Ki Moon of the United Nations said the global economic crisis would push up already "intolerable" levels of world hunger, even though the high food prices that prompted riots in developing countries last year had eased.

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Family Food 2007 is the latest in a series of annual reports published by Defra on food and drink purchases in the UK based on the Expenditure and Food Survey. The report presents trends in purchases by type of food and converts these into energy and nutrients intakes.

Food security assistance to developing countries should focus on supporting small-scale food production and farmers, EU development ministers said yesterday (10 May).

Inaction to halt speculation on agricultural commodities and continued biofuels policies is paving the way for a re-run of the 2008 food price crisis in 2010 or 2011, argues Olivier De Schutter, UN special rapporteur on the right to food, in an interview with EurActiv.

To increase food security in developing countries, the European Commission has suggested that small-scale farmers must be supported and efforts must be made to ensure that their land rights are respected.

Developing countries can buck the hunger trend with the right policies and investments, says a new UN Food and Agrcultural Organisation (FAO) report published ahead of next week's World Summit on Food Security.

Lordy this man has some interesting ideas. Similarly, Britain’s ability to feed itself has been in long-term decline, and food prices are reportedly rising in the cold spell. It was only two years ago that droughts in Australia caused a crisis in world grain supplies; in April 2008 food crises affected at least 37 countries and

Tough times demand radical action. Unprecedented bank bail outs, extraordinary financial stimulus and historic electoral change have defined these past few months, as countries across the world scramble to deal with the fall out from the financial crisis. Now it...

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - The annual 2008 edition of the Food Statistics Pocketbook provides a concise round-up of statistics on food covering the economic, social and environmental aspects of the food we eat (excluding agriculture).